NA-249 (Karachi West-II)

NA-249 (Karachi West-II) (Urdu: این اے-۲۴۹، کراچی-۳) is a constituency for the National Assembly of Pakistan that encompasses Baldia.

NA-249 (Karachi West-II)
Constituency
for the National Assembly of Pakistan
RegionKarachi West District
Electorate339,591
Current constituency
Member(s)Qadir Khan Mandokhel
Created fromNA-241 (Karachi-III)

Members of Parliament

2002–2018: NA-241 (Karachi-III)
ElectionMemberParty
2002Muhammad Laeeq Khan MMA
2008Iqbal Qadri MQM
2013Iqbal Qadri MQM

Since 2018: NA-249 (Karachi West-II)
ElectionMemberParty
2018Faisal Vawda PTI
2021Qadir Khan Mandokhel PPP

Election 2002
Further information: Pakistani general election, 2002

General elections were held on 10 Oct 2002. Muhammad Laeeq Khan of Muttahida Majlis-e-Amal won by 26,812 votes.[1]

Election 2008
Further information: Pakistani general election, 2008

General elections were held on 18 Feb 2008. Syed A Iqbal Qadri of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 93,617 votes.[2]

General election 2008: NA-249 (Karachi West-II) Old NA-241 (Karachi West-III)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MQM-P S.A.Iqbal Qadiri 93,617
ANP Zarbali Syed 36236
PPP Dr. Muhammad Shakir Alam 11544
PML(N) Wazeer Ahmed Afridi 3510
Others Rujhanullah Afridi 246
Others Ameer Zada Khan Yousaf Zai 165

Election 2013
Further information: Pakistani general election, 2013

General elections were held on 11 May 2013. Syed A Iqbal Qadri of Muttahida Qaumi Movement won by 95,584 votes and became the member of National Assembly.[3]

Election 2018
Further information: Pakistani general election, 2018

General elections were held on 25 July 2018.

General election 2018: NA-249 (Karachi West-II)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PTI Faisal Vawda 35,344 27.50
PML(N) Shehbaz Sharif 34,626 26.95
TLP Mufti Abid Mubarak Hussain 23,981 18.66
MQM-P Aslam Shah 13,534 10.53
MMA Syed Attaullah Shah 10,307 8.02
PPP Qadir Khan Mandokhel 7,236 5.63
Others Others (nine candidates) 3,473 2.71
Turnout 131,185 39.58
Total valid votes 128,501 97.95
Rejected ballots 2,684 2.05
Majority 718 0.55
Registered electors 331,430
PTI gain from MQM-P

By-elections 2021

By-elections 2021 was held in NA-249 Karachi on 29 April 2021. The Election Commission of Pakistan stayed the process for consolidation of result and fixed May 4 as the date for hearing of Pakistan Muslim League-N candidate, Miftah Ismail’s application seeking a recount of votes.[5] Upon accepting his request, lawmakers were asked by the ECP to reach the office of the returning officer (RO) on May 6 for the recount.[6] On May 6 recounting of votes again started which held till 8 May and in the final result PPP candidate was again declared as the winner with the margin of 909 votes from its rival PML-N.[7] On the other hand, all of the four main political parties (PML-N, PSP, PTI and MQM-Pakistan) boycotted this recount demanding the repoll again in whole constituency.[8]

By-election 2021: NA-249 (Karachi West-II)[9][10][11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PPP Qadir Khan Mandokhel 15,656 31.42 +25.79
PML(N) Miftah Ismail 14,747 29.59 +2.64
TLP Mufti Nazeer Ahmed 10,668 21.41 +2.75
PSP Syed Mustafa Kamal 8,728 17.52
PTI Amjad Iqbal Afridi 8,681 17.42 -10.08
MQM-P Hafiz Muhammad Mursaleen 7,007 14.06 +3.53
Turnout 73,471 21.64
Total votes 49,831
Registered electors 339,591
PPP gain from PTI

See also

References
  1. "Election Result NA-241 Karachi-III Sindh | Pakistan Election 2013 - geo.tv". Archived from the original on 2014-05-29. Retrieved 2014-05-28.
  2. "Geo.tv: Latest News Breaking Pakistan, World, Live Videos". www.geo.tv. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  3. "National Assembly of Pakistan". www.na.gov.pk. Archived from the original on 18 September 2016. Retrieved 20 April 2018.
  4. Election Commission of Pakistan. "ECP - Election Commission of Pakistan". www.ecp.gov.pk. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  5. Khan, Iftikhar A. (2021-05-02). "ECP stays consolidation of NA-249 by-election result". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
  6. "ECP accepts PML-N's plea, orders recounting in NA-249". The Express Tribune. 2021-05-04. Retrieved 2021-05-06.
  7. "PPP's Qadir Mandokhail emerges victorious in NA-249 recount". ARY NEWS. 2021-05-08. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  8. Ali, Qazi Hassan | Fahad Chaudhry | Imtiaz (2021-05-06). "Four political parties boycott NA-249 Karachi by-poll recount". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  9. Geo News. "NA-249 Karachi by-election results". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  10. Samaa TV. "PPP's Qadir Khan Mandokhail wins NA-249 Karachi by-election". www.samaa.tv. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
  11. "NA-249 by-election: PPP wins Karachi seat after recount". Dunya News. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
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